refocusing

1 4.4

To bring attention or a camera's view back to something

noun
/ˌriːˈfoʊkəsɪŋ/

: re-enfoque

A better understanding of the dimensions and complexity of development in the Northeast culminated in a refocusing of development strategies in the early 1980s.
refocusing of attention

So I've tried many things with my calendar, and this is one thing, just refocusing on the tactics.

Examples

However, these require a deliberate refocusing of perspective and a readiness to more holistically engage the issue of religion.

Academic text (2007)
We can work at rebuilding community and friendship, refocusing ourselves on the people that we rub shoulders with day by day.
A refocusing of the United States' approach to the peace process would also offer Israel substantial long-term benefits.

Academic text (2009)
This led to recommendations for curricular change and refocusing of the course offerings.

Academic text (2010)
Finally, he has initiated a partial U.S. disengagement from the Middle East and a refocusing on Asia, where China is rising.

Blog text (33)
Economic decline probably prompted cutbacks in sports expenditures (except for the 1991 Pan American Games) and a refocusing on popular sports participation in the mid-1980s.

Academic text (1994)
Meanwhile, journal articles, research reports, conference proceedings, and technical literature reporting the latest developments in digital preservation and the closely related area of digital curation have flourished in the last decade, resulting in a refocusing and broadening of the field to encompass new tools, techniques, and issues.

Academic text (2012)
The revisions and refocusing, as described earlier, nurture involvement, investment, and long-range commitment to musical learning and improvement—positive educational pursuits for all involved.

Academic text (2009)
Such sameness, later attributed to industrial civilization, was perceptible in Concord and demanded a thorough refocusing of attention on the part of its inhabitants if they were ever to glimpse the fullness of human realization.

Academic text (1992)
After losing her train of thought, she took a moment for refocusing to gather her ideas again.

Synonyms

reorientation

vsrefocusing

3 6.2

A change of direction, focus, or beliefs to follow a new way

is about returning attention after it was lost rather than shifting to a new approach

redirection

vsrefocusing

1 4.2

Changing the direction or destination of people, things, and resources

is about restoring prior attention instead of changing direction or target

centering

vsrefocusing

1 4.9

Focusing the mind and attention on one thought or goal

is about returning attention after it drifts rather than choosing a main point

reconcentration

vsrefocusing

8.4

The act of bringing people or things together in one place again

is about restoring attention generally rather than assembling people or resources

regathering

vsrefocusing

4.7

A brief time to calm down and focus after an interruption

is about adjusting attention again rather than only calm recovery

focusing

vsrefocusing

2.8

To make a picture clear by moving a camera or lens

is the act of doing that once more after attention was lost

focalization

vsrefocusing

8.4

To bring attention to one part so it becomes clearer

is performed again after attention shifts rather than initial placing of attention

Antonyms

to unfocus

1 7.4

To make your eyes or attention less clear

How Focused

focus

794 3.5

refocusing

1 4.4

distraction

234 2.9

Surface Forms

refocusing singular

refocusings plural

Morphology

refocusing = refocus (transparent) = re + focus + ing

This is a regular -ing nominalization of the verb 'refocus' meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

Refocusing is made of re- and focus; re- means 'again' and focus means 'central point', like camera focus or the main idea, so refocusing is the act of making the image or your attention clear 'again'.